Utah rave raided - civil rights violated ( I dunno you just gotta read )

[Stormhammer]

http://drift411.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2061

it was perfectly legal... why?      

discuss 

[TheGhost]

With the video, and the numerous accounts, not to mention the government paperwork proving that a permit was filed for, and was granted, there had BETTER be some holy hell to pay over this.....

[69bananabeast]

That was really f'ed up . theres no way can get away with that

[RD]

well, there is their truth, the cops truth and the real truth.  i would like to see an unbiased report on this.

[Stormhammer]

yeah true

but still

in the end

its camoflauged police and helicopters busting a party that is out in the middle of nowhere.... something doesnt really add up somewhere

but still - on all the forums that have people posting that apparently attended - all the accounts are all similar to each other ( now if its biased off what others posted, I do not know - but I keep an open mind on this )

I want to see more footage

[Dans 68]

Well, the organizers were apparently short ONE permit. Sounds a little bit like a set-up by law enforcement as they knew they had a legal right to bust up the party. No matter what   you think about the underage drinking, lewd sex or rampant drug selling and use (I wish I was 20 again....), the organizers should have triple checked what permits they needed before holding the rave. Hah!

[Andrew]

methinks that guys stretching the truth a little, i would like to hear a more un buyst(sp) account before i pass judgement

[Rocky]

They were missing the permit to have more than 250 people. 

Let's remember that this is Utah.  People are living behind the "Zion Curtain".

Police could have easily made their presence known with a couple cruisers along the road entering the property, then busted any individuals that happend to break the law while leaving.  If they were there before the event, it would have served as a great deterrent.  However, this being Utah they needed a SWAT team, (that looked better equipped than my Marine unit in Iraq) and air support.  Serious overkill. 

When I was in High school, way back in 99, we often had parties with over 500 people which were broken up by no more than 4 police officers in 2 cars and no violence.

I support law enforcement 100%, but there are sometimes when certain officers overstep their bounds, and give all my friends and family in the law enforcement community a bad name.

Let's hope everyone learns from this.

[Stormhammer]

ah - alright, didnt know about the permit missing part 

still

I mean it looked like the freakin National Guard rolled in